Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

Overview

During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders by creating a new form of Buddhism. He runs afoul of the existing Buddhist sects and their government supporters and is persecuted. Can Nichiren persevere before the Mongol fleet reaches Japanese shores?

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 1, 1958

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Daiei Film

Cast

Shōzō Nanbu,Saburo Date,Raizō Ichikawa,Ichirō Amano,Kinya Ichikawa,Ryōsuke Kagawa,Takashi Shimura,Shoji Umewaka,Yūsaku Terashima,Ryūzō Shimadaand 27 more

Director

Kunio Watanabe

Writer

Kunio Watanabe,Fuji Yahiro

Producer

Masaichi Nagata

Cinematography

Takashi Watanabe

Music

Eiichi Yamada

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0467477